For me, I prefer to use colorful pictures and let the students watch some videos related to the topic that is about to discuss or being discussed for classroom settings. Combination of teacher-student centered and interactive method are the most efficient for me.

For me, I prefer to use colorful pictures and let the students watch some videos related to the topic that is about to discuss or being discussed for classroom settings. Combination of teacher-student centered and interactive method are the most efficient for me.

Pictures and videos are great for adult learners. Mostly for pattern and imitation. For simple things, a whiteboard and marker are quite useful.

As to method, one of our favorites was to mime an interaction (like Meeting For The First Time) and have each individual in a group repeat the lines, then repeat them in pairs, then repeat them with other pairs, until everyone got it. I learned basic Arabic greetings and Japanese greetings that way, though I suspect I'm probably rusty now since I never get the chance to use them.

Pictures and videos are great for adult learners. Mostly for pattern and imitation. For simple things, a whiteboard and marker are quite useful.

As to method, one of our favorites was to mime an interaction (like Meeting For The First Time) and have each individual in a group repeat the lines, then repeat them in pairs, then repeat them with other pairs, until everyone got it. I learned basic Arabic greetings and Japanese greetings that way, though I suspect I'm probably rusty now since I never get the chance to use them. :yum:

We do a lot of roleplay too I send my students to our pretend store with a shopping list and see if they can buy the right items (new vocab learnt)

It depends on the ESL company where you work at. Mostly, they will just give you some guidelines on how you should conduct the lesson and how to handle the students as well. But smiling a lot and building a good rapport to your students really help. That's what they said, but I don't really have the real experience in teaching English to Asian students though. :)

I give some English classes via Skype, and such lessons differ immensely from 'normal' ones. I am currently working with two teenagers (11 and 15), and preparation for such classes takes a bit more time.

We do the same things that we used to do when we could meet face-to-face: reading texts, lots of speaking, watching videos and discussing them etc. Regarding the writing skills, I give some short essays as homework, and they ought to send me a word file / scan of their work.

I use text book resources in Skype from Oxford and Kensington English courses I keep pdf units ona cloud I use drop box ... Then I send password links to the students and we both have a copytoeork from , but I also use lots of conversation. One of my A1 students does a book /film club with me every month we settle on a movie or book now that his reading is amazing, and we watch it separately to discuss next time. He notes things he doesn't understand we talk about subtext, ecpressions, slang etc but mostly just have a good chat about it.

I use text book resources in Skype from Oxford and Kensington English courses I keep pdf units ona cloud I use drop box ... Then I send password links to the students and we both have a copytoeork from , but I also use lots of conversation. One of my A1 students does a book /film club with me every month we settle on a movie or book now that his reading is amazing, and we watch it separately to discuss next time. He notes things he doesn't understand we talk about subtext, ecpressions, slang etc but mostly just have a good chat about it.

Back when I was an English tutor, we used picture books for early learners (elementary students). For adults (who prefer daily conversation), we refer to news sites and TED videos to discuss interesting topics and learn new vocabulary.

As with my kids, Youtube videos and movies have a high influence in their speaking abilities since we don't really speak English at home.